Henry Barbour from Mississippi Reflects on 2024

Last week, I reported on the RNC’s dismal fundraising through November (less than $10 million on hand compared with the DNC’s roughly $20 million).

This kicker from Mississippi’s RNC committeeman Henry Barbour really stuck with NR readers: “If the election is about Biden’s miserable record, it won’t matter if we have $12 cash on hand, we will win. . . . But for that to happen, Republican voters have to go with a new candidate, because if we nominate Donald Trump, the election is going to be all about Donald Trump. And we can have a billion dollars in cash on hand and lose just like we did the last few cycles.”

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Audrey Fahlberg

Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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Last week, I reported on the RNC’s dismal fundraising through November (less than $10 million on hand compared with the DNC’s roughly $20 million).

This kicker from Mississippi’s RNC committeeman Henry Barbour really stuck with NR readers: “If the election is about Biden’s miserable record, it won’t matter if we have $12 cash on hand, we will win. . . . But for that to happen, Republican voters have to go with a new candidate, because if we nominate Donald Trump, the election is going to be all about Donald Trump. And we can have a billion dollars in cash on hand and lose just like we did the last few cycles.”